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N. A. DIGKVINSON.

, SHOE HORN. No. 470,109. Patented Mala-1, 1892.

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NEVTON A. DICKINSON, OE ESSEX, CONNECTICUT.

SHOE-HORN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 470,109, dated March 1, 1892.

Application tied August 28,1891. serial No. 403,941. et@ man.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:A

Be it known that 1, NEWTONADICKINSON, of Essex, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Horn, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is an improvementin that class of shoe-horns which are provided with a pivoted lever adapted for pressing' the heel portion of a rubber or leather shoe against the lower portion of the horn, thus forminga clamping device suitable for pulling a shoe on the foot. Heretofore the clamping device has been pivoted to the horn so as to swing in a plane at right angles to it, whereas in myimproveinent such device is pivoted so as to swing in a plane parallel tothe horn,where by it is adapted to clamp the heel of a shoe between itself and the horn when adjusted in alignment with the latter.

Myinvention is also distinguished by other differences of construction and operating, as hereinafter described.`

To this end my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar iigu res of reference indicate.

corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoehorn as applied to a shoe and rubber. Fig.2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the shoehorn, showing the lever and clamping-roller in locked position. Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the horn,showi11g the locking-lever swung at an angle to the horn; and Fig. 4 is a broken plan view showing the manner in which the locking-lever is held in locked position upon the horn.

The shoe-horn 10 is of the usual shape and may be made of any of the ordinary materials, and on the back of the shoe-horn, a little below the center, is a projecting lug 11, to which the locking-lever 12 is pivoted, the lever being pivoted on the screw 13, which projects into the lug and thus holds the lever so that it may swing in a plane substantially I slightly,

be had to the accom pan ying' parallel with the shoe-horn. The screw 13, while serving as a pivot for the lever, yalso provides for adjusting itin or out,so that the roller 14C on its lower end may be adapted to different thicknesses of material.

The lower portion of the lever 12, which projects below its pivot, is bent outward so as to conform to the shape of the shoe-horn, and on this lower portion a roller 14 is mounted longitudinally and held between washers 15 and is adapted to clamp the back portion of a rubber or shoe between it and the lower portion of the shoe-horn. The roller 14 is preferably corrugated slightly, so that it will notslip. The central portion of the lever 12 is preferably rounded, as shown at 1G, so that it will not hurt the tingers, and the upper end of the lever is bent outward to forni a hook 17, which enables it lo be easily grasped and prevents it and the horn from slipping out of the hand. The lever 124 is preferably made of spring metal, and near its upper end itis made concave, as shown at 18, so that it may lit the convex surface of the shoe-horn, and the spring ot' the metal, together with the similarly-shaped abutting surfaces of the horn and lever, will hold the lever in locked position.

Then the shoe-horn is used, the lever 12 is swung to one side, as shown in Fig. 3, the lower portion of the horn is slipped into the rubber 19, as shown in Fig. 1, thus bringing the roller 14 outside the rubber, and the lever is then swuugback into a vertical position, so as to lock it upon the horn and bind the rubber between the roller and the lower portion of the horn. The rubber may then be easily pulled upon the shoe 20, and the lever 12 is again swung horn removed.

It is obvious that the horn may be used for putting on a low-cut shoe as well as a rubber.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent*` 1...'1he combination, with the shoe-horn, of the lever having its upper end curved to form a finger-hold and a roller mounted longitudinally on its lower end, the said lever being to one side and thev pvoted to the horn, and thus adaptedto swing. in a plane parallel to the lettelgas shown and described, to operate as specified.

2. The Combination, with the shoe-horn, of :Llever pvoted thereto and swinging in a plane parallel therewith and provided at its lower end with a friction piece normally held pressed against the horn, the upper ends of the shoe-horn and lever being', respectively, Convex and eoueave,whereby they nre adapted I o to fit together, as shown and described.

NE TTON A. DICKINSON.

lVtuesses:

J. H. BUELL, IRA BEEBE. 

